Matthews, Brian 2002. A Matter of Gravitas. Review of "Don Bradman: Challenging the Myth" by Brett Hutchins and "Warne's World" by Louis Nowra. 'Australian Book Review', No 246, November, 21-22.

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No 246

Abstract:

"Don Bradman" and "Warne's World" are two very different books, and in many ways they sit uneasily together - for a reviewer at least. But they reveal among other things why Warne, with Bradman-like gifts, does not occupy a Bradman-like place in Australian culture: he is too unashamedly a child of his age, and that age, so the narrative goes, is crass and corrupt and commercial in contrast to the great days of the Don, the golden age of cricket integrity.